Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Aronsmith
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 21:52, John Wilson wrote: On November 2, 2003 08:00 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 10:52 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: I don't see where folks are getting the idea that it is the 9.2 release that Gael is talking about. I still expect to see the iso on the

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 03 Nov 2003 12:28 am, Greg Meyer wrote: I just don't get why people feel such a need to bash MandrakeSoft. Sometimes it just seems that nothing they do is right. Well said Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 03 Nov 2003 1:29 am, John Wilson wrote: If I have to wait till year's end for either the download or the CDs to come out, about half way through the release cycle, I'll have to, with incredible regret, reconsider my devotion to Mandrake. Such things are unacceptable. What's so bad

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 03 Nov 2003 4:00 am, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 10:52 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: I don't see where folks are getting the idea that it is the 9.2 release that Gael is talking about. I still expect to see the iso on the mirrors and think he has something else in mind.

RE: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about? Not just Mandrake

2003-11-03 Thread Tony S. Sykes
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 3:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about? On November 2, 2003 04:18 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:36:45 -0500 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Ha! Its gonna be my excuse to move from a 80 gigger to a shiny new 120 gig HD! How could anyone *ever* need more than 80GB...? LOL! Ya, I'm such a dolt, when I installed 9.1 I split the 60GB evenly between / and /home,

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 03 November 2003 08:38 am, HaywireMac wrote: How could anyone *ever* need more than 80GB...? LOL! Ya, I'm such a dolt, when I installed 9.1 I split the 60GB evenly between / and /home, like I need 30GB for the system, what a maroon... Well...ya know how space is... :-)

RE: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Where did he get the torrent from? If from a web page they would be able to get the info from their logs. -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] What do you suppose

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:02:48 -0500 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Let me tell you about something scary that just happened to my younger brother. We are with Charter.net, broadband, and he uses Windows XP. He d/l's lots of newer movies and he got a letter from them this week,

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about? Not just Mandrake

2003-11-03 Thread John Wilson
On November 3, 2003 12:51 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Even Apple is getting it wrong. OS X DELIVERS TREATS AND TRICKS TODAY'S TOP STORY Apple's Mac OS X is experiencing a spate of trials as a potential refund, data-loss concerns, and security questions cast a shadow on the operating system.

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Aronsmith
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 00:50, Anne Wilson wrote: wish A handheld ogg player? Yeh pant pant (you do know how to turn me on ;-) Anne -- When you're being mugged..a handgun is more comfort than an ACLU lawyer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 03 November 2003 03:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: wish A handheld ogg player? iRiver has one already. it is the iHP-120. The other models will support it soon with a firmware upgrade. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 03 Nov 2003 4:21 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: iHP-120 Hmm - $400 + shipping + customs duties - a bit steep for me. I'll just have to wait until prices drop a bit :-( Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 03 November 2003 09:01 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Where did he get the torrent from? If from a web page they would be able to get the info from their logs. Not sure, but I'll ask him pronto... --

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread robin
John Wilson wrote: On November 2, 2003 04:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: snip I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. I suspect there will be more than shock if that's the case. What the article said might happen, people abandoning MDK, could

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-03 Thread John Wilson
On November 3, 2003 12:45 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 03 Nov 2003 1:29 am, John Wilson wrote: If I have to wait till year's end for either the download or the CDs to come out, about half way through the release cycle, I'll have to, with incredible regret, reconsider my devotion to

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread robin
Curt Tresenriter wrote: ARS Technica had a complaining piece about 9.2 http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html Does anyone have anything positive to say about 9.2? My own impression was that it was a piece of bad timing, but I haven't installed it yet, so I'm witholding judgment. I'm

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 01:21:06 +0200 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Does anyone have anything positive to say about 9.2? I haven't installed it myself yet, but Tom has come out and called it solid enough to be almost boring. Austin Acton, who is on the TLUG list here in Toronto and is on the

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. I imagine we will start to see all kinds of criticism about that too. And it is probably the same people that would have complained if they

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 November 2003 05:21 pm, robin wrote: Curt Tresenriter wrote: ARS Technica had a complaining piece about 9.2 http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html Does anyone have anything positive to say about 9.2? My own impression was that it was a piece of bad timing, but I

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread robin
Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. I imagine we will start to see all kinds of criticism about that too. And it is probably the same people that would have

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 November 2003 06:21 pm, robin wrote: Curt Tresenriter wrote: ARS Technica had a complaining piece about 9.2 http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html Does anyone have anything positive to say about 9.2? My own impression This is my post from PCLinuxOnline on this topic:

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread John Wilson
On November 2, 2003 04:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: snip I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. I suspect there will be more than shock if that's the case. What the article said might happen, people abandoning MDK, could very well occur.

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:18:38 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I imagine we will start to see all kinds of criticism about that too. And it is probably the same people that would have complained if they released them on time with the LG problem in the kernel. LOL! ya, what can ya

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 03:37:37 +0200 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: As far as I'm concerned, I see no reason why Mandrake should be obliged to release ISOs. Oh, I don't think anyone *here* is sayin' they're obliged. 'Sides, as has been pointed out a billion times already, you can just make a

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:29:21 -0800 John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: If I have to wait till year's end for either the download or the CDs to come out, about half way through the release cycle, I'll have to, with incredible regret, reconsider my devotion to Mandrake. Such things are

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 02 November 2003 3:21 pm, robin wrote: Curt Tresenriter wrote: ARS Technica had a complaining piece about 9.2 http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html I read this article, and I suspect that he is pretty clueless about Mandrake. I even sent him this: Diss Mandrake? From: Rob

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 November 2003 08:29 pm, John Wilson wrote: As I refuse to download by bittorrent, having heard the wonderful time people had with it, I was sorta hoping that the ftp mirrors would be up and running a whole lot earlier than the end of the year. If you are a Club member, Mandrake

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Harv Nelson
Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 08:29 pm, John Wilson wrote: As I refuse to download by bittorrent, having heard the wonderful time people had with it, I was sorta hoping that the ftp mirrors would be up and running a whole lot earlier than the end of the year. If you are a

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Eric Huff
I haven't installed it myself yet, but Tom has come out and called it solid enough to be almost boring. Was that an upgrade or a fresh install? I'm still deciding what to do when the time comes. I think i will do a fresh one, though, because i mucked with enough library installs, etc before

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 November 2003 09:07 pm, Harv Nelson wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 08:29 pm, John Wilson wrote: As I refuse to download by bittorrent, having heard the wonderful time people had with it, I was sorta hoping that the ftp mirrors would be up and running a whole

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. Mac: IMHO I don't think that the cryptic article at the Club (http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1323mode=nocomments) announcing

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread John Wilson
On November 2, 2003 05:35 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:29:21 -0800 John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: If I have to wait till year's end for either the download or the CDs to come out, about half way through the release cycle, I'll have to, with incredible regret,

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread John Wilson
On November 2, 2003 04:59 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 08:29 pm, John Wilson wrote: As I refuse to download by bittorrent, having heard the wonderful time people had with it, I was sorta hoping that the ftp mirrors would be up and running a whole lot earlier than the end

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Walt Frampus
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 21:38, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: For those with nothing worthwhile to do, you can find extensive speculation on the true and revealed meaning of all of this at Texstar

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread John Wilson
On November 2, 2003 04:18 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. I imagine we will start to see all kinds of criticism about that too. And it is probably

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 02 November 2003 09:00 pm, John Wilson wrote: On November 2, 2003 04:18 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. I imagine we will start to

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 November 2003 10:52 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: I don't see where folks are getting the idea that it is the 9.2 release that Gael is talking about. I still expect to see the iso on the mirrors and think he has something else in mind. I definitely agree with this. I think he is

Re: Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread res1ydl9
is and the abundance of different hardware out there you can't expect everything to be perfect, yet. Just my 2C's. Maureen From: Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/11/02 Sun PM 06:28:50 CST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about? On Sunday 02 November 2003 06:21

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread Aronsmith
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 18:38, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to December, tha's fer sher. Mac: IMHO I don't think that the cryptic article at the Club

Re: [newbie] What do you suppose this is about?

2003-11-02 Thread John Wilson
On November 2, 2003 08:00 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2003 10:52 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: I don't see where folks are getting the idea that it is the 9.2 release that Gael is talking about. I still expect to see the iso on the mirrors and think he has something else in mind.